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But whether its authors be found in States or individuals, there is in it the same pernicious virus, which, breaking out first in South Carolina, inoculated Virginia, like the Rebellion itself.
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Editor's note · Context
Sumner warns that the harmful ideas behind the Fugitive Slave Act spread from South Carolina to Virginia, similar to the rebellion.
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